Black Hawk Down veteran recalls AK-47 wound and arterial bleeding during Somalia firefight.

Jim Lechner describes the horrific AK-47 wound and the chaos inside the casualty collection point during the 1993 Mogadishu battle.

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Former Army Ranger James Lechner sheds light on Mogadishu's brutal battle.

The Battle of Mogadishu (commonly known as Black Hawk Down) was a brutal battle in Somalia that began on October 3, 1993 and lasted until the next day.

A small group of Army Rangers, Delta Force operators, members of the 24th STS, and a few commandos from SEAL Team 6 were sent to Somalia to prevent a genocide.

What started as a capture and extraction mission turned into hell on earth after several helicopters were shot down by Somali fighters.

Army Ranger describes being shot in Mogadishu battle.

Since 1993, many stories have been published about the battle, including a successful film starring Josh Hartnett.

Lechner was a member of the 75th Rangers in Somalia and was severely shot in the leg.

"I got an AK-47 bullet just below the knee. It blew up my leg, and as you know, when it hits the bone, it becomes shrapnel. So it blew my leg to pieces. The bullet came down, it came. I had a grapefruit-sized hole in the front of my leg above my ankle, and the bullet shredded the whole left side."

"One of the Delta [Force] medics... ran out of the building, and now there's constant gunfire in the street," he continued. He passed through that fire, took my vest, and dragged me into the fortified building. It was a place to collect casualties. He takes me there. So, I had an arterial bleed and there was a lot of blood."

Lechner said the scene was so intense that the blood was "two inches deep" on the floor.

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Ultimately, 18 Americans were killed and dozens more wounded in the Battle of Mogadishu. Delta Force snipers Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart both received the Medal of Honor for entering Mike Durant's crash site and fighting to the bitter, bloody end.

While the battle was gruesome, it's also worth noting that there is no other military on the planet that could be put in such a position and come out the way it did.

It was a testament to American exceptionalism and refusal to quit, despite the city being crushed against a very small fighting force.

David Hooksed is a reporter for OutKick.

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